Bing will now wish you a happy birthday with a digital cake

If you're an avid Bing user and have a birthday coming up, you may be in for a surprise. The search page will now wish you a happy birthday in big, bold letters, and even offer you a birthday cake to boot.

As noted on Twitter by @Dwane18, Bing will make quite the big deal out of your birthday, just in case you're hankering for some extra cheer. Presumably this requires you to be signed into your Microsoft account, as Microsoft isn't a mind reader (though Cortana knows all!). And while minor in the grand scheme of things, it's still pretty neat.

Alas, it's too bad that birthday cake is a digital one and not real, but at least you get to make a wish!

I'm just trying to figure out why a dude (article author) has two last names. Girls (usually prominent ones) do this, hell even my wife does on facebook only so people can still find her, but a guy? Whatever. I just wish I could have my cake and eat it too! But alas, I hate cake... Woe is me...

There is nothing intrinsically feminine about having a two-part last name. I inherited the "Holstein-Gottorp" from my father, for example, even though in real life I use my maternal last name because it's just "Ek" and makes things easier.

Bahaha I've thought through this extensively, and I've decided I'll only marry a woman that's cool with continuously adding on names down the line. My great-great grand kids are gonna end up with a world record of some sort!